GLUE INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE IN SURFACE MOUNTED OPTICAL FIBERS

Authors
STOROY H JOHANNESSEN K
Citation
H. Storoy et K. Johannessen, GLUE INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE IN SURFACE MOUNTED OPTICAL FIBERS, Electronics Letters, 33(9), 1997, pp. 800-801
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
800 - 801
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:9<800:GIBISM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The birefringence introduced in the surface mounting of optical fibres using two different types of glue was measured by a polarimetric setu p. A thin layer of cyanoacrylate glue led to a birefringence of 3.6 x 10(-5), with axes normal and parallel to the surface. A thicker layer of epoxy introduced no measurable birefringence.